The restaurant website that actually fills tables.
Most restaurant sites are PDFs in disguise — menu, hours, address, end. The places running 95% occupancy on a Tuesday have figured out something simpler: the site is the first course.
Diners decide where to spend $80 a head in about ninety seconds. They’re not reading your “philosophy.” They’re feeling for two things: does this place know what it is? and can I picture being there?
A short looping video of the room, a hover-revealed dish, a one-tap reservation flow — these are the moves that turn a casual scroller into a 7:30 booking. Forget the carousel slider. Replace your hero with a 12-second clip of the pass at dinner service and watch the bounce rate halve.
Bases that work for restaurants.
Maison (boutique)
Editorial layout, large hero image, hover-rich product cards. Repurposes well as a menu showcase.
SaaS Noir (3D)
Cinematic video hero — chef story, ambience walkthrough, premium positioning.
Editor (cinematic)
Reel-led layout. Use the hero for a 30-second ambience film of the room.
The booking-rate checklist.
- Hero is moving footage of the room, not a stock food shot. Authenticity beats polish.
- One reservation CTA, repeated three times. Above the fold, after the menu, before the footer.
- Menu is browsable on mobile in three taps or fewer. No PDF downloads.
- One signature dish photographed obsessively. Five great photos beat fifty average ones.
Make the first course your homepage.
Free to start. Custom domain. Live in days.
